ELVIS fanatic Rob Dingwall has created a pink palace called Peggy Sue’s in the heart of Tyneside.

And the punters can’t get enough of the all-singing, all-dancing landlord.

Peggy Sue’s is a 1950s rock ’n’ roll bar on Shields Road, Byker, Newcastle, complete with a 50s jukebox, 78s, gramophones, and £10 notes from the Bank of Elvis stuck above the bar.

Pictures and memorabilia of stars including Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Eddie Cochrane and Buddy Holly cover the walls. It was Holly who recorded the classic 50s hit Peggy Sue.

Rob, who sports an enormous quiff, juggles running the bar with a singing career in a band called The Wanderers and working as a bricklayer.

He said: “Eight years ago my wife Eileen and I were driving from LA to Las Vegas and we stopped at a diner called Peggy Sue’s in the middle of the desert.

“Since then I always wanted to open a similar place and when the Lord Clyde pub went up for sale I had that chance. I’m really happy with the way it’s turned out.”

As well as singing, Rob plays a black and white double bass to show his love of Newcastle United, and his band is booked out every week of the year.

He once went to Dubai and earned $200 a day singing in a hotel, but now he prefers staying closer to his pride and joy, Peggy Sue’s. Regular Charlie Penn said: “It’s got a really happy atmosphere and it’s the only place in Byker I drink in.

“We are one big family really and we all look after each other.”

Barmaid Angie Parkinson said: “People from all walks of life come in here.

“We get 18-year-olds and old folk. People often come in dressed in rock ’n’ roll stuff, and we have a bit of a community following.”

Peggy Sue’s even has a Facebook group that has more than 2,000 fans, some from as far away as Italy.

In the back garden, artists have created a mural along the wall that has pictures of all the regular customers painted on to it.

Rob, who insists he is 28 years old, said: “Everyone seems to like the bar.

“I’ve been collecting the memorabilia my whole life and it’s great to see it up on the walls.

“I got into rock and roll when I was really young, listening to my mother’s Hank Williams and Johnny Cash LPs and I’ve loved it ever since.”

He has tattoos of Elvis, Eddie Cochrane, Johnny Horton and Hank Williams on his arms and gets dressed up in a leather jacket and full rock ’n’ roll attire for his shows.

“You’re not a proper rockabilly singer without a quiff,” he said.

The Wanderers have been going for 15 years and they are playing at the Garricks Head on Saville Street, North Shields, on October 17.